THE SECOND CRUSADERS ENCOUNTER THE REMAINS OF THE FIRST CRUSADERS
Book II Joseph-Francois Michaud Illustrated by Gustave Dore

History of the Crusades

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THE SECOND CRUSADERS ENCOUNTER THE REMAINS OF THE FIRST CRUSADERS

Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless crossed the Bosphorus with an army which might amount to about a hundred thousand combatants. . . After a march of some hours, in a country which was unknown to them, the Christians were unexpectedly attacked by the Turks, whom they believed to be in flight. They formed in haste, and at first defended themselves valiantly. But the enemy had the advantage, of position and numbers, and they were soon surrounded on all sides and completely routed. The carnage was horrible; Walter, who was worthy of commanding better soldiers, fell pierced by seven arrows. With the exception of three hundred men, who took refuge in a castle close to the sea, the whole army perished in a single battle, and there soon remained no more of them than a confused heap of bones, piled up in the plains of Nicea, as a deplorable monument to point to other Crusaders the road to the Holy Land. - Book II

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